Christopher Bell admitted that he “misplaced (his) cool” earlier than crashing within the closing stage of Sunday’s NASCAR Cup Sequence race at Nashville Superspeedway.
Bell was the dominant automotive within the Ally 400. Along with sweeping each levels, Bell led a race-high 131 laps earlier than his incident.
However a warning on lap 219 modified his afternoon. Bell got here down pit highway in second place, having misplaced the result in Tyler Reddick after the 2 battled side-by-side for a handful of laps. When the warning got here out, NASCAR deemed Reddick was forward of Bell.
On pit highway, Bell’s No. 20 group elected for 4 tires. He got here off pit highway seventh earlier than Reddick, who additionally took 4 tires. The 5 drivers in entrance of them, nevertheless, had elected for both two tires or gas solely. There have been additionally 5 drivers who stayed on monitor.
The flip of occasions buried Bell within the pack for the restart. He restarted thirteenth and was working fifteenth when he misplaced management in Flip 2, spun, and hit the surface wall with the motive force’s facet of his Toyota.
“I simply put myself in a fairly unhealthy spot going into Flip 1,” stated Bell, who completed thirty sixth. “I obtained bottled up there and simply misplaced my cool to make one thing occur, and I put myself in a foul spot and spun out.”
The result’s the primary blemish on the stat sheet for Bell in two months. Not for the reason that race at Dover Motor Speedway (April 28) had he completed exterior the highest 13. In that timeframe, Bell led 462 laps, received two races and 7 levels. Bell now leads the sequence in playoff factors and is tied with a series-leading three victories.
“It’s disappointing, however there’s rather a lot to be constructive about,” Bell stated of Nashville. “We received two levels, so we obtained extra playoff factors, which is admittedly good. And the efficiency of our group is doing very well, so hopefully, we will maintain the ball rolling, and I believe we will win much more races.”
